Far Mesa
(555) 014-2790 Book

Mile 9, Far Mesa Road, Escalante, Utah 84726
(555) 014-2790

Aerial view of Far Mesa: a row of white canvas tents and a timber dining house on a sandstone mesa above a river canyon
  • The tents 10
  • Dining house
  • River 900 ft down
  • Far rim overlook 2.1 mi
  • Star deck
  • Juniper loop 3 mi
A white canvas tent on a timber deck at the canyon rim at blue hour, lamplight glowing inside

Ten tents on the rim of a canyon

A small camp on a sandstone mesa in southern Utah, with real beds, wood stoves, dinner at one long table and a night sky most people have never seen.

Check dates See the tents

Tent seven, eight o’clock

You pull in at four. By eight the lanterns are lit, the canyon turns blue and the first stars come up over the far rim.

We built Far Mesa for people who want the desert without roughing it. Ten canvas tents with real beds, one dining house, a hot tub that faces west and 640 acres of quiet around all of it.

10tents, never more than 24 guests
640private acres of slickrock and juniper
6,800 ftabove sea level, so nights stay cool in July
0streetlights between you and the Milky Way

Where you’ll sleep

Every tent stands on its own timber deck along the rim, at least sixty feet from the next one. Wood stove, warm duvet and the canyon right outside the flap.

A white canvas tent on a timber deck at the canyon rim at blue hour

Rim Tent

From $385 a night

Queen bed, wood stove and a deck that hangs over the canyon. The bathhouse with rain showers is forty steps away.

  • Sleeps 2
  • 290 sq ft
  • Queen bed
Inside a canvas suite: a king bed with linen and a rust wool throw, the front flaps open to red canyon walls

Canyon Suite

From $520 a night

A king bed, a private bathroom and an outdoor shower that looks straight down the canyon.

  • Sleeps 2
  • 420 sq ft
  • King bed
A copper soaking tub on a timber deck at the edge of the canyon at golden hour

Soaking Tent

From $640 a night

Our one tent with a copper tub on the deck. Book it for the sunset and stay up for the stars.

  • Sleeps 2
  • 420 sq ft
  • Copper tub
Compare all four tents

A day out here

  1. First light

    Coffee on the deck while the mist burns off the canyon floor.

  2. Slot canyon walk

    A guide, two and a half hours and walls so close you can touch both.

  3. Down to the river

    A slow float on the river 900 feet below camp, with lunch on a sandbar.

  4. The long table

    Dinner for the whole camp, most of it cooked over juniper coals.

  5. Lights out

    Camp goes dark at ten so the Milky Way can come up over the rim.

Sunrise over layered canyon cliffs with mist below the rimTwo hikers walking through a narrow sandstone slot canyonA long dinner table set outdoors at dusk under string lightsThe Milky Way over glowing canvas tents and a telescope

Guests, after one night

A few words from people who stayed with us this year.

  • We came for two nights and booked a third at breakfast. The tent was warmer than our house.
    Megan T., Denver
  • The slot canyon walk was the best two hours of our trip, and we saw three national parks that week.
    Luis and Ana R., Austin
  • Dinner at the long table felt like a party with people you just met and already like. Then the stars came out.
    Priya S., Seattle

4.9Average from 312 stays in 2025

Pick your nights

Open March to November. Two nights minimum on weekends, and we keep a few tents back for last minute trips.